Forget the iPhone 17 – Xiaomi 17 Pro Max Debuts with Dual Screens and a 7,500mAh Battery
Xiaomi Takes Aim at Apple with the ‘17’ Series Xiaomi made it no secret that it’s gunning directly for Apple’s crown in this product cycle. By jumping from last year’s Xiaomi 15 series straight to Xiaomi 17, the Chinese company aligned its naming with Apple’s iPhone 17 – immediately inviting head-to-head comparison tomsguide.com. During the launch event in Beijing, CEO Lei Jun repeatedly stacked the Xiaomi 17 Pro against Apple’s latest, boldly claiming his phones “win on battery, performance, photography and more” tomsguide.com. President Lu Weibing candidly explained the strategy: “We are directly competing with the iPhone in the same